The ethics of welfare : human rights, dependency and responsibility

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The work The ethics of welfare : human rights, dependency and responsibility represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The ethics of welfare : human rights, dependency and responsibility

Title remainder

human rights, dependency and responsibility

Statement of responsibility

edited by Hartley Dean

Contributor

• Dean, Hartley, 1949-
• Dean, Hartley, 1949-

Subject

• Great Britain -- Social policy
• Public welfare -- Great Britain
• Public welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects

Language

eng

Summary

Present day policy makers endorse the cause of human rights, yet they tell us we can have no rights without responsibility and that dependency is irresponsible. This text offers a critique of this paradox and discusses the ethical conundrum it implies for the future of social welfare

Cataloging source

BDS

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HV248

LC item number

.E79 2004

Literary form

non fiction